STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND WELLBEING:
Wodonga Primary School maintains a high focus on student engagement and wellbeing. Our Right on Track program specifically targets the development of strong skills and understandings related to our school values. The school expanded their values to include the National Values and we use these every opportunity throughout the year to celebrate and reinforce the values.
The school based Shining Star initiative rewarded students across the school for consistently demonstrating the school values. This initiative worked as a partnership reward program with local businesses.
Staff Professional Learning continued to be a major focus with all staff having initial training in Restorative Practises while a representative at each year level was provided with more in-depth skill application.
A school chaplain was employed to support student wellbeing – he was able to support individual students, families and small groups. Targeted programs such as FRIENDS and KEAPS were conducted for specific students to support the development of social and emotional growth.
Focus for the Right on Track program were:
- Term 1 focus – Start Right – setting of classroom expectations of behaviour, effort and attitude. An individual class booklet was set home to each family outlining the agreed values.
- Term 2 focus – Keep Right –Getting Along “We're Great Outdoors”
- Term 3 focus – Keep Right –Confidence “Putting your Best Foot Forward”
- Term 4 focus – Finish Right – Persistence “Stick to It”